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The witling

"The prince was a halfwit ... oh, he was intelligent enough, no doubt about that. But he couldn't teleport - in fact, he could even seng. Maybe that's why he took such a liking to the two shipwrecked travelers from Earth. Imagine: a whole planet of witlings! But others of the ruling class on the planet Giri don't like halfwits of any kind - especially if they represent a starfaring civilization whose very existence upsets the social order on a class-conscious world. And the human-haters have all their wits about them: they can thought-scan, they can teleport ... they can kill from any distance. If the halfwit prince is going to keep his newfound friends, he's going to have to do some very fast thinking."--Read more...

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"The prince was a halfwit ... oh, he was intelligent enough, no doubt about that. But he couldn't teleport - in fact, he could even seng. Maybe that's why he took such a liking to the two shipwrecked travelers from Earth. Imagine: a whole planet of witlings! But others of the ruling class on the planet Giri don't like halfwits of any kind - especially if they represent a starfaring civilization whose very existence upsets the social order on a class-conscious world. And the human-haters have all their wits about them: they can thought-scan, they can teleport ... they can kill from any distance. If the halfwit prince is going to keep his newfound friends, he's going to have to do some very fast thinking."--